Let $G$ be a locally compact group. Let $A_{M}(G)$ ($A_{0}(G)$)denote
the closure of $A(G)$, the Fourier algebra of $G$ in the space of
bounded (completely bounded) multipliers of $A(G)$.
We call a locally compact group M-weakly amenable if
$A_M(G)$
has a
bounded approximate identity. We will show that when $G$ is M-weakly
amenable, the algebras $A_{M}(G)$ and $A_{0}(G)$ have
properties that are characteristic of the Fourier algebra of an
amenable group. Along the way we show that the sets of tolopolically
invariant means associated with these algebras have the same
cardinality as those of the Fourier algebra.

We inspect the relationship between relative Fourier
multipliers on noncommutative Lebesgue-Orlicz spaces of a discrete
group $\varGamma$ and relative Toeplitz-Schur multipliers on
Schatten-von-Neumann-Orlicz classes. Four applications are given:
lacunary sets, unconditional Schauder bases for the subspace of a
Lebesgue space determined by a given spectrum $\varLambda\subseteq\varGamma$, the
norm of the Hilbert transform and the Riesz projection on
Schatten-von-Neumann classes with exponent a power of 2, and the norm of
Toeplitz Schur multipliers on Schatten-von-Neumann classes with
exponent less than 1.

We show that the multiplier algebra of the Fourier algebra on a
locally compact group $G$ can be isometrically represented on a direct
sum on non-commutative $L^p$ spaces associated with the right von
Neumann algebra of $G$. The resulting image is the idealiser of the
image of the Fourier algebra. If these spaces are given their
canonical operator space structure, then we get a completely isometric
representation of the completely bounded multiplier algebra. We make
a careful study of the non-commutative $L^p$ spaces we construct and
show that they are completely isometric to those considered recently
by Forrest, Lee, and Samei. We improve a result of theirs about module
homomorphisms. We suggest a definition of a Figa-Talamanca-Herz
algebra built out of these non-commutative $L^p$ spaces, say
$A_p(\widehat G)$. It is shown that $A_2(\widehat G)$ is isometric to
$L^1(G)$, generalising the abelian situation.

Let $T$ be a sectorial operator. It is known that the existence of a
bounded (suitably scaled) $H^\infty$ calculus for $T$, on every
sector containing the positive half-line, is equivalent to the
existence of a bounded functional calculus on the Besov algebra
$\Lambda_{\infty,1}^\alpha(\R^+)$. Such an algebra
includes functions defined by Mikhlin-type conditions and so the
Besov calculus can be seen as a result on multipliers for $T$. In
this paper, we use fractional derivation to analyse in detail the
relationship between $\Lambda_{\infty,1}^\alpha$ and Banach algebras
of Mikhlin-type. As a result, we obtain a new version of the quoted
equivalence.

Let $G$ be a locally compact group, and let $A_{\cb}(G)$ denote the
closure of $A(G)$, the Fourier algebra of $G$, in the space of completely
bounded multipliers of $A(G)$. If $G$ is a weakly amenable, discrete group
such that $\cstar(G)$ is residually finite-dimensional, we show that
$A_{\cb}(G)$ is operator amenable. In particular,
$A_{\cb}(\free_2)$ is operator amenable even though $\free_2$, the free
group in two generators, is not an amenable group. Moreover, we show that
if $G$ is a discrete group such that $A_{\cb}(G)$ is operator amenable,
a closed ideal of $A(G)$ is weakly completely complemented in $A(G)$
if and only if it has an approximate identity bounded in the $\cb$-multiplier
norm.

We study when the spaces of Lorentz multipliers from $L^{p,t}
\rightarrow L^{p,s}$ are distinct. Our main interest is the case when
$sKeywords:multipliers, convolution operators, Lorentz spaces, Lorentz-improving multipliersCategories:43A22, 42A45, 46E30

Let $\VN(G)$ be the von Neumann algebra of a locally
compact group $G$. We denote by $\mu$ the initial
ordinal with $\abs{\mu}$ equal to the smallest cardinality
of an open basis at the unit of $G$ and $X= \{\alpha;
\alpha < \mu \}$. We show that if $G$ is nondiscrete
then there exist an isometric $*$-isomorphism $\kappa$
of $l^{\infty}(X)$ into $\VN(G)$ and a positive linear
mapping $\pi$ of $\VN(G)$ onto $l^{\infty}(X)$ such that
$\pi\circ\kappa = \id_{l^{\infty}(X)}$ and $\kappa$ and
$\pi$ have certain additional properties. Let $\UCB
(\hat{G})$ be the $C^{*}$-algebra generated by
operators in $\VN(G)$ with compact support and
$F(\hat{G})$ the space of all $T \in \VN(G)$ such that
all topologically invariant means on $\VN(G)$ attain the
same value at $T$. The construction of the mapping $\pi$
leads to the conclusion that the quotient space $\UCB
(\hat{G})/F(\hat{G})\cap \UCB(\hat{G})$ has
$l^{\infty}(X)$ as a continuous linear image if $G$ is
nondiscrete. When $G$ is further assumed to be
non-metrizable, it is shown that $\UCB(\hat{G})/F
(\hat{G})\cap \UCB(\hat{G})$ contains a linear
isomorphic copy of $l^{\infty}(X)$. Similar results are
also obtained for other quotient spaces.